On 5 June, 2019, Google celebrated the 373rd birth anniversary of Elena Cornaro Piscopia, the first woman to earn a Ph.D, with a doodle.
About:
Born in 17th century Venice to a nobleman, Piscopia was a prodigy.
She was a polyglot — being proficient in Latin, Greek, French, Spanish, Hebrew and Arabic. She could play the harp and the violin. Later, her interests expanded to physics and astronomy.
In 1669, she translated the ‘Colloquy of Christ’ from Spanish to Italian.
In 1678, she got her Ph.D degree in philosophy, thus becoming the first woman to earn a Ph.D.
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